<p>Cracks have started to appear in West Bengal BJP over the demand by a section of leaders to carve out a separate state out of North Bengal.</p>.<p>The situation has become such that a section of party leaders indicate that those BJP leaders including State president Dilip Ghosh who are supporting the demand are ignorant of Bengal’s culture.</p>.<p>BJP MP Locket Chatterjee at a recent party program took a veiled dig at Union Minister John Barla and Ghosh and said that Bengal has a different culture and will never be divided.</p>.<p>"Rabindranath Tagore started the Raksha Bandhan festival to protest against the division of Bengal by the British. I don’t know what John Barla and Dilip Ghosh have said but Bengal has a different culture and it will never be divided," said Chatterjee.</p>.<p>Her comments come days after Ghosh suddenly changed his stand over the issue and indicated his support for it.</p>.<p>Ghosh had argued that when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee signed the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) agreement, no questions were raised but when BJP is raising a demand a lot of hue and cry is being made.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/covid-19-situation-in-west-bengal-under-control-announce-bypoll-dates-mamata-to-ec-1022775.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 situation in West Bengal under control, announce bypoll dates: Mamata to EC</a></strong></p>.<p>"When Mamata Banerjee signed the GTA agreement keeping the demand for the separate State of Gorkhaland alive no one said anything. But whenever BJP raises a demand we are being dubbed as separatists,” said Ghosh.</p>.<p>However, he later made a u-turn saying "there is no question of the creation of a separate state whether its Gorkhaland or North Bengal."</p>.<p>Taking a dig at the BJP over the difference of opinion in the party, Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, "There is always a difference of opinion in the BJP. They know that the people of Bengal will oppose any attempt to divide the state but are raising such demands to create trouble."</p>
<p>Cracks have started to appear in West Bengal BJP over the demand by a section of leaders to carve out a separate state out of North Bengal.</p>.<p>The situation has become such that a section of party leaders indicate that those BJP leaders including State president Dilip Ghosh who are supporting the demand are ignorant of Bengal’s culture.</p>.<p>BJP MP Locket Chatterjee at a recent party program took a veiled dig at Union Minister John Barla and Ghosh and said that Bengal has a different culture and will never be divided.</p>.<p>"Rabindranath Tagore started the Raksha Bandhan festival to protest against the division of Bengal by the British. I don’t know what John Barla and Dilip Ghosh have said but Bengal has a different culture and it will never be divided," said Chatterjee.</p>.<p>Her comments come days after Ghosh suddenly changed his stand over the issue and indicated his support for it.</p>.<p>Ghosh had argued that when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee signed the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) agreement, no questions were raised but when BJP is raising a demand a lot of hue and cry is being made.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/covid-19-situation-in-west-bengal-under-control-announce-bypoll-dates-mamata-to-ec-1022775.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 situation in West Bengal under control, announce bypoll dates: Mamata to EC</a></strong></p>.<p>"When Mamata Banerjee signed the GTA agreement keeping the demand for the separate State of Gorkhaland alive no one said anything. But whenever BJP raises a demand we are being dubbed as separatists,” said Ghosh.</p>.<p>However, he later made a u-turn saying "there is no question of the creation of a separate state whether its Gorkhaland or North Bengal."</p>.<p>Taking a dig at the BJP over the difference of opinion in the party, Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, "There is always a difference of opinion in the BJP. They know that the people of Bengal will oppose any attempt to divide the state but are raising such demands to create trouble."</p>
